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Canadian defensive lineman Daniel Joseph enjoying a banner first campaign at NC State
Daniel Joseph is making quite the first impression at North Carolina State University. The six-foot-three, 265-pound defensive lineman from Brampton, Ont., has a team-high 6.5 sacks (tied for third in...
Dec 02, 2020
Close to 100 rally in Prince George to support Indian farmers
PRINCE GEORGE - There were close to 100 people and well over 50 cars gathered near CN Centre and drove off in a car rally to support Punjab farmers in India.Rally participant T.J. Grewal says the rece...
Dec 02, 2020
Nunavut judges disagree on how to sentence offenders during pandemic
IQALUIT - Three Nunavut judges, including the territory's chief justice, are at odds over whether harsher prison conditions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic should be considered in sentencing. One of t...
Dec 02, 2020
Health Canada to make decision on Pfizer vaccine approval soon, feds say
Canada is drawing closer to making a decision on a leading COVID-19 vaccine candidate, Health Minister Patty Hajdu said Wednesday as the federal government continued to face pressure to deliver on dos...
Dec 02, 2020
Bullet holes from 2014 attack on Parliament Hill to be left untouched in renovations
OTTAWA - The civil servant leading the most extensive renovations on Centre Block in more than a century says the repairs will not erase the scars from the 2014 attack on Parliament Hill.That includes...
Dec 02, 2020
The Sundance Film Festival goes largely virtual for 2021
Leave the snow boots, parkas and glove warmers in the closet, the 2021 Sundance Film Festival is coming down from the mountain and straight to your living room. Organizers on Wednesday said that this ...
Dec 02, 2020
Nurse says a positive attitude around living and playing in Tampa is key
When Nick Nurse coached Derby of the British Basketball League back in the early 1990s, the team could only afford to book the Moorways Centre practice hall two nights a week. Nurse and his team would...
Dec 02, 2020
Vaccine priority list must be refined to match available doses: Tam
OTTAWA - Canada's chief public health officer says the priority list of people who will get vaccinated first against COVID-19 has to be refined because the initial six million doses won't be enough to...
Dec 02, 2020
Human activities, shipping, fishing, polluting, links to killer whale deaths: study
VICTORIA - A long-running study of more than 50 dead killer whales in the Pacific Ocean concludes human activities pose deadly threats to the orcas. Killer whale deaths from Alaska to British Columbia...
Dec 02, 2020
Human activities, shipping, fishing, polluting, links to killer whale deaths: study
VICTORIA - A long-running study of more than 50 dead killer whales in the Pacific Ocean concludes human activities pose deadly threats to the orcas. Killer whale deaths from Alaska to British Columbia...
Dec 02, 2020